Journals
Tuesday,Jan 31 2006, 06:40:14 PMDS games
I've decided not to buy Trauma Center and Castlevania DS for now. part of the reasons is that I'm not quite sure of those coupons work anymore (reading things on CAG and SD about maangers rejecting those.. they've been out since November!!), especially if I print it out black and white.. although, I have to admit getting those 2 games for $10 each ($30 -$10 coupon -$10 gift cards, which I have 2) are pretty damn nice deals.
However the main reason is that given the available time I have to play games now, I think Animal Crossing and Mario Kart will take up plenty of that (honestly, either of those 2 alone can take up all of my gaming time available every week). So, no purchases for now. =)
In other news, Kat also got the Target deal with Animal Crossing for $25.. can't wait till I finish the newbie quests so I can get out of my town!
Monday,Jan 30 2006, 08:38:42 PMone of those things
saw this on someone else's journal, i dunno why i decided to do this one, it seems kinda fun.
Appearance/ Self-Image
[ ] I am shorter than 5'4.
[x] I think I'm ugly sometimes.
[x] I have many scars.
[ ] I wish my hair was a different color.
[x] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color. <-- those who only saw me regularly during part of my jr and sr year in Davis
[ ] I have a tattoo.
[x] I am self-conscious about my appearance.
[ ] I've had braces.
[x] I wear glasses or contacts.
[ ] I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
[ ] I have more than 2 piercings.
[ ] I have piercings in places besides my ears.
[ ] I have freckles.
Family/Home Life
[ ] I've sworn at my parents.
[ ] I've run away from home.
[x] I've been kicked out of the house.
[x] My biological parents are together.
[ ] I have a sibling less than one year old.
[x] I want to have kids Someday.
[ ] I've had children.
[ ] I've lost a child.
School/Work
[ ] I'm in school.
[x] I have a job.
[x] I've fallen asleep at work/school.
[x] I almost always do my homework.
[ ] I've missed a week or more of school.
[x] I've been on the Honor Roll within the last 2 years.
[ ] Failed more than 1 class last year.
[ ] I've stolen something from my job.
[ ] I've been fired.
[x] I've skipped school.
Embarrassment
[ ] I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation <-- close.. but no
[ ] Disney movies still make me cry.
[ ] I've peed from laughing.
[x] I've snorted while laughing.
[x] I've laughed so hard I've cried.
[x] I've glued my hand to something.
[x] I've laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose.
[ ] I've had my pants rip in public
[ ] I was born with a disease/impairment. <-- i never actually checked
[x] I've gotten stitches
[ ] I've broken a bone.
[ ] I've had my tonsils removed.
[ ] I've sat in a doctors office with a friend.
[x] I had a serious surgery.
[ ] I've had chicken pox.
Traveling
[x] I've driven over 200 miles in one day.
[x] I've been on a plane.
[ ] I've been to Canada.
[ ] I've been to Mexico.
[ ] I've been to Niagara Falls.
[x] I've been to Japan.
[ ] I've Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[ ] I've been to Europe
[ ] I've been to Africa.
Experiences
[x] I've gotten lost in my city. (both Hong Kong and Davis)
[x] I've seen a shooting star.
[ ] I've wished on a shooting star.
[x] I've seen a meteor shower.
[x] I've gone out in public in my pajamas.
[ ] I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator
[x] I've been to a casino.
[ ] I've been skydiving.
[ ] I've played spin the bottle.
[ ] I've drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[x] I've crashed a car
[x] I've been Skiing <-- will, in a week..
[x] I've been in a play.
[x] I've met someone in person from the internet <-- one and only one, you all know who it is
[ ] I've caught a snowflake on my tongue
[ ] I've seen the Northern Lights.
[ ] I've sat on a roof top at night
[ ] I've played chicken. <-- ?
[x] I've played a prank on someone.
[x] I've ridden in a taxi.
[ ] I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[x] I've eaten Sushi.
[ ] I've been snowboarding.
Relationships
[x] I'm single
[ ] I'm in a relationship.
[ ] I'm engaged.
[ ] I'm married.
[ ] I've gone on a blind date.
[x] I miss someone right now.
[ ] I have a fear of commitment.
[ ] I have a fear of abandonment.
[x] I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
[x] I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.
[x] I've told someone I didn't love them when I did.
Sexuality
[ ] I've had a crush on someone of the same sex.
[ ] I've had a crush on a teacher.
[ ] I am a cuddler.
[ ] I love to flirt.
[ ] I've been kissed in the rain.
[ ] I've hugged a stranger.
[ ] I have kissed a stranger.
Honesty/Crime
[ ] I am a terrible liar.
[ ] I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't
[x] I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't.
[ ] I've snuck out of my house.
[x] I have lied to my parents about where I am.
[ ] I am keeping a secret from the world.
[x] I've cheated while playing a game.
[x] I've cheated on a test.
[x] I've ran a red light.
[ ] I've been suspended from school.
[ ] I've witnessed a crime.
[ ] I've been in a fist fight.
[ ] I've been arrested.
[ ] I've shoplifted.
Drugs/Alcohol
[x] I've consumed alcohol.
[ ] I regularly drink.
[x] I've passed out from drinking.
[x] I have passed out drunk at least once in the past 6 months.
[ ] I smoke
[ ] I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them.
[ ] I've smoked pot.
[ ] I'm a stoner.
[ ] I've snorted cocaine.
[ ] I've eaten shrooms.
[ ] I've popped E.
[ ] I've inhaled Nitrous.
[ ] I've done hard drugs.
[ ] I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
[ ] I can't swallow pills.
[ ] I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem
Depression and Self-harm
[ ] I have been diagnosed with clinical depression.
[ ] I shut others out when I'm depressed.
[ ] I take anti-depressants
[ ] I'm anorexic or bulimic.
[ ] I've slept an entire day when I didn't need it.
[x] I've hurt myself on purpose.
[ ] I'm addicted to self harm.
[ ] I've woken up crying.
[x] I've cried myself to sleep.
[ ] I see or have seen a therapist.
Death and Suicide
[ ] I'm afraid of dying.
[ ] I hate funerals.
[ ] I've seen someone dying.
[ ] Someone close to me has attempted suicide.
[ ] Someone close to me has committed suicide.
[ ] I've planned my own suicide
[ ] I've written a eulogy for myself.
Materialism
[ ] I own over 5 rap CDs.
[x] I own an iPod or MP3 player.
[ ] I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.
[ ] I own something from Hot Topic.
[ ] I own something from Pac Sun.
[ ] I collect comic books. <--- not anymore since high school..
[ ] I own something from The Gap.
[x] I own something I got on e-bay.
[ ] I own something from Abercrombie.
Political/Social Attitudes
[ ] In general, I don't like people.
[x] I'm very outgoing
[ ] I listen to political music.
[ ] I'm religious. <--- officially, no.. I don't have any practices. but I do believe in Buddhism
[ ] I dress fairly modestly.
[ ] My attitude is, "If you've got it, flaunt it."
Random
[x] I can sing well.
[ ] I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
[x] I open up to others easily.
[ ] I watch the news.
[ ] I don't kill bugs.
[ ] I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for the sake of being able to rhyme
[x] I curse regularly.
[x] I sing in the shower
[ ] I am a morning person
[ ] I paid for my cell phone ring tone.
[ ] I'm a snob about grammar.
[ ] I am a sports fanatic.
[ ] I twirl my hair
[ ] I have "x"s in my screen name.
[x] I like being neat
[ ] I love Spam
[ ] I've copied more than 30 CD's in a day.
[ ] I bake well
[ ] My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue
[ ] I would wear pajamas to school.
[ ] I know how to shoot a gun.
[ ] I am in love with love.
[ ] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[x] I laugh at my own jokes.
[x] I eat fast food weekly.
[x] I believe in ghosts.
[ ] I am online 24/7, even as an away message.
[x] I've not turned anything in and still got an A in a certain class.
[ ] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room. <-- if it was far away at the time I turn off the lights, I'm fine..
[x] I am really ticklish.
[ ] I love white chocolate.
[x] I play video games.
[ ] I'm good at remembering faces.
[x] I'm good at remembering names
[ ] I'm good at remembering dates.
[x] I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
[x] My answers are totally honest
Monday,Jan 30 2006, 08:05:00 AMmiss
suddenly, I've been missing my NY trip a lot.
also, I've been missing my Vegas trip a while ago too.
=/...
in other news, I want an Intel iMac.... not a MacBook Pro (since I already have a Powerbook, after all...). but, I should wait...
Monday,Jan 23 2006, 07:20:21 AMthis weekend
this weekend has been what jerry would call a "stabilizing" week. getting general matters settle down...
i had in mind a lot of activities planned for this weekend. however, i ended up staying home all weekend being a nerd. which i think is fine, i like my accomplishment this weekend.
i fixed my brother's computer and ridded it of viruses and tough spywares (that involved using hijack this and manually removing files/services... took a while). and then i fully-updated his computer with the latest windows update, spybot updates, firefox updates, etc. (except i can't get SP1 or SP2 due to non-genuine windows) but that should still be a lot better than before since it hasn't been updated for literally a few years and there must've been 50 security fixes that i downloaded.
while i was working on it i figured i might as well take care of the other stuff in terms of computers situation at home. i called in comcast to cancel that additional IP service (which hasn't been working for a couple of weeks already anyway), went out and bought a router. a wireless one of course, and while i was at it, i made sure to get one compatible with the DS. so i re-setup my home network basically. now every computer at my home can get online at the same time (instead of being limited to just 2) -- so my bro's, my home pc, my intel laptop, my powerbook, and even my DS can all be online at the same time via comcast.
so since i'm "reviving" my powerbook, i thought maybe i should just use it as my home pc replacement from now on since it can finally get online (comcast incompatibility with mac os x -- couldn't get online with it before). i thought i'm probably going to be using it actively from now, so i finally turned on the powerbook to use semi-extensively for the first time in a year or so, and figured i should probably update the softwares on it. new OS X version, new safari, new adium. new everything pretty much... it's so new now, i feel clean. took a few hours to download all of that.
so that's how i spent my weekend.
--
i know i must've talked about this a million times. but i always can't seem to get that feeling away.
on saturday i woke up to a normal davis weekend. i can't help but think about again the times in the past few months. i missed waking up on a saturday in davis, MSN-ing June and Winky, and getting ready to go to lunch with them in a simple place in downtown Davis. i don't know why -- as i was walking out to my car in the parking lot (getting ready to drive back to bay area), i felt like going to Fuji in downtown with Winky and June. then i realized they are not in Davis anymore. =(
on sunday when i was getting back to Davis i had a similar feeling again. "Why am i driving back to Davis alone?" i couldn't help but wonder.
其實在連我自己都不知不覺間﹐她們都經已融入了我的生活了
現在反而要去習慣她們不在我身邊的生活...
Thursday,Jan 19 2006, 05:27:38 AMold time buddy
today was the 3rd busy work day in a row. this week has been pretty crazy as far as work goes. however, apparently i'm not a particularly busy person in terms of intel standards. i'm afraid i'm only really catching up to what the rest of the people always do. well, nobody said work was supposed to be really easy..
on a side note. brian was looking at the pictures i posted on zorpia one day and said to me, "you are a really lucky person. not everyone can have a chance to have such good friends." i think that he is right too. i've always been pretty lucky in my life in all aspects (except that one). the world is fair - so i don't complain even when i could never find someone suitable for my other half. i really do cherish my good luck. meeting the exchanges was a good luck of mine that i won't trade for anything. and of course brian, eric & denise as well -- walking through all my happy times, sad times with me and staying close to me for all of my college years.
speaking of old friends and making a difference in my college life, the two people that made the biggest difference to me and changed me the most throughout the four years, kevin and sharon, i have not talked to or seen neither of them for a while. now that we have all graduated and went our own separate paths, how often are we going to have a chance for a "reunion" in the future? every few years? whenever this thought hits me, it makes me kind of sad..
